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Denarius - Domitian TR P COS VII DES VIII P P
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 81 |
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| Weight | 3.35 g |
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| Reverse lettering | TR P COS VII DES VIII P P (Translation: Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Septimum, Designatus Octavum, Pater Patriae. Holder of tribunician power, consul for the seventh time, elect for the eighth time, father of the nation.) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Domitian's seventh tribunician consulship coinage dates to the final months of 81 AD, a period of acute political transition following Titus's death in September of that year. Domitian assumed power almost immediately, and the rapid succession of consular and tribunician titles visible across his early coinage reflects a calculated effort to establish dynastic continuity — and personal authority — through sheer volume of titulature. The designation DES VIII, looking ahead to the following year's consulship, places this issue within the first weeks of his reign.